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Clinton communion draws Vatican inquiry.(President Clinton, a Southern Baptist, received communion in a South African Catholic Church)(Brief Article)

From: The Christian Century  |  Date: 4/15/1998

The Vatican is asking the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference for an explanation after President Clinton, who is a Southern Baptist, received communion in a Catholic church at the end of his recent state visit to South Africa. According to Catholic teaching, non-Catholics, with very few exceptions, are not allowed to receive communion in Catholic churches. For non-Catholics to receive it they must, at a minimum, believe in the "Real Presence" of Christ in the Eucharist.

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